A hemostatic device capable of performing decompression operation of an inflatable member and a reinjection operation of a fluid into the inflatable member without requiring a dedicated instrument includes an inflatable member configured to compress a puncture site, a band and a hook-and-loop fastener that function as a securing member to secure the inflatable member to the puncture site, and an injection member to inject fluid into a lumen of the inflatable member. The injection member includes a connector portion for injecting fluid, a main body portion including a tube connecting the connector portion and the inflatable member lumen, and a control unit that controls fluid flow through a lumen of the injection member. The control unit includes a first valve member, a second valve member located closer to the inflatable member than the first valve member, and a fluid storage portion located between the first and second valve members.

Devices and methods used to provide hemostasis at a radial artery access site are disclosed. The devices include a backer plate, an inflatable chamber, and a wristband. The backer plate includes a reinforced section and flex points. In a flexed state the backer plate is flexed at the flex points and the reinforced section is planar to provide a planar compressive surface over the radial artery access site.

An automatic tourniquet apparatus comprises a tourniquet cuff, a pressure transducer, a user interface, a patient hazard shield and a pressure regulator. The pressure transducer produces a cuff pressure signal. The user interface produces a reference pressure signal. The patient hazard shield is responsive to the cuff pressure signal and the reference pressure signal, and operable during a regulation time period to produce a patient hazard signal if, in one implementation, a current level of pressure in the tourniquet cuff is greater than the reference level of pressure by at least a predetermined overpressure limit. The pressure regulator is responsive to the patient hazard signal, and has a pressurizing element for increasing pressure in the cuff and a depressurizing element for decreasing pressure in the cuff. The pressurizing element is configured to be non-responsive if the patient hazard signal is produced.

Methods and apparatus for increasing cerebral blood flow for improving the flow of blood to the brain during and/or following an ischaemic stroke. The apparatus includes a plurality of inflatable cuffs to be positioned, in use, around a respective limb of a patient. Once inflated, the cuffs exert a pressure upon the limb to reduce blood flow to the limb below the point at which the cuff is positioned. Reducing blood flow to the limbs causes an increase in blood flow to the brain, and will therefore improve stroke outcomes. The apparatus includes a control module for controlling inflation and deflation of each cuff. The control module detects, measures and monitors cerebral blood flow and uses these measurements to control inflation and deflation of each cuff such that cerebral blood flow is maintained above a baseline level during treatment of the patient.

A device constricts vessels and includes a constricting belt and a lock. One end of the constricting belt is arranged in a fixed manner in the lock and one end of the constricting belt is movably arranged in the lock. The constricting belt and the lock include a material having a smooth surface. In a closed state, the lock is a smooth, cube-shaped or elongated body, which includes no further external openings or projections apart from the feedings for the constricting belt.

Systems and methods and devices are provided for treating conditions such as heart failure and/or pulmonary hypertension by at least partially occluding flow through the superior vena cava for an interval spanning multiple cardiac cycles. A catheter with an occlusion device is provided along with a controller that actuates a drive mechanism to provide at least partial occlusion of the patient’s superior vena cava, which reduces cardiac filling pressures, and induces a favorable shift in the patient’s Frank-Starling curve towards healthy heart functionality and improved cardiac performance. The occlusion device may include a lumen obstructed by a relief valve that may permit fluid flow through the occlusion device to release an excessive build-up of pressure.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, systems and methods adapted for implementing intermittent displacement of blood to mitigate peripheral nerve neuropathy such as that induced by chemotherapeutic agents (i.e., chemotherapy-induced neuropathy (CIN)) that are administered to a patient. Such devices, systems and methods advantageously provide for precise, uniform and controlled blood flow occluding (and optionally blood displacing) compression along irregular surfaces of an appendage of a patient. Such precise, uniform and controlled blood occluding compression is imparted upon the epidermal and dermis skin layers within the aforementioned areas of a patient’s extremities to decrease the time that free nerve endings located in the epidermal and encapsulated nerve endings located in the dermis skin layers are exposed to nerve damaging chemotherapy chemicals, thereby substantially decreasing CIN caused by prolonged exposure to such chemicals.

A balloon assembly (200) that can be attached to a band assembly (300) to form a hemostasis band (100) used to perform hemostasis on a puncture site (89) of a human being (90). The balloon assembly (200) can include a balloon (210) that provides for being inflated to apply pressure to the puncture site (89), one or more openings (220) that provides for the insertion of the band assembly (300), and an inlet (230) for inflating the balloon (210).

A balloon assembly (200) that can be attached to a band assembly (300) to form a hemostasis band (100) used to perform hemostasis on a puncture site (89) of a human being (90). The balloon assembly (200) can include a balloon (210) that provides for being inflated to apply pressure to the puncture site (89), one or more openings (220) that provides for the insertion of the band assembly (300), and an inlet (230) for inflating the balloon (210).

The present disclosure provides for specific shapes and combinations of the compression members amenable to the safest, yet most effective compression of the carotid and vertebral arteries aimed at prevention of embolic stroke. An associated method of achieving an optimal compression of said arteries for the purpose of stroke prevention is provided.